2817 This Place Is Not Safe. We Need To Go (2/2)

As Gu Xijiu was still perplexed, he was too fast for her to keep up in an instant. Hence, she was literally pulled away. ”Hey, what are we running away from?”

The answer lay in the water. Soon, the pool exploded violently. A gloom of violence and grudge immediately blotted out the sky, thus turning the bright afternoon sky into a state of dim, hazy glow.

Gu Xijiu looked behind and saw a giant, black shadow emerging from the pool right away. Darkness fell upon them. The only light was actually coming from the head of the giant shadow.

Fortunately, Gu Xijiu's night vision helped her to see better in the dark. She noticed that the giant figure greatly resembled a dragon with pitch-black scales layered on every inch of its skin. Though black, its scales remained glossy and its eyes remained bright, like a pair of lights that flickered inconsistently in the dark.

”Could it be a dragon? No, it must be a Candle Dragon,” she thought.

The Candle Dragon was a mythical creature from very ancient times. It was neither a celestial being nor a demon, but its character was nothing short of violent. The slightest disturbance could result in the total destruction of the entire city.

Gu Xijiu never thought it had lain hidden beneath the water. Before she went into the pool, she first made sure that there was nothing around, so this came as a surprise to her. Could the deterioration of her spiritual power have affected the precision?

She had questions, but it was not the time to ask them. At least, Gu Xijiu no longer depended on Di Fuyi to run on foot. Instead, she chose to teleport.

The Candle Dragon was a violent, ferocious being as the result of its birth from the essence of heaven and earth. It had been around for at least tens of thousands of years.

If she still had her full power, the Candle Dragon would not pose any risk to her at all. However, her current circumstances left her no chance to fight. She had to run away as fast as she could.

Fortunately, nothing was able to surpass the speed of her teleportation skill thus far. Very soon, they were already a hundred miles away from the pool. But even from that far, they could still hear the creature howling in protest. The whole ground shook along with the intensity of the sound.

The Candle Dragon was a moody creature. Once there were no disturbances in sight, it would usually quiet down and restore tranquility to the land. This was what Gu Xijiu had expected it to do.

Therefore, after traveling hundreds of miles, Gu Xijiu wanted to take a rest.